<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001179929-18-000028.txt : 20180123
<SEC-HEADER>0001179929-18-000028.hdr.sgml : 20180123
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20180123185008
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001179929-18-000028
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180119
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180123
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180123

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BAYER TERRY
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001305822

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-31719
		FILM NUMBER:		18543715

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1720 NORTH FIRST STREET
		CITY:			SAN JOSE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95112

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MOLINA HEALTHCARE INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001179929
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	HOSPITAL & MEDICAL SERVICE PLANS [6324]
		IRS NUMBER:				134204626
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 OCEANGATE, SUITE 100
		CITY:			LONG BEACH
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90802
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5624353666

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 OCEANGATE, SUITE 100
		CITY:			LONG BEACH
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90802
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<TYPE>4
<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>FORM 4
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    <periodOfReport>2018-01-19</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001179929</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>MOLINA HEALTHCARE INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>MOH</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001305822</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>BAYER TERRY</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>300 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, SUITE 100</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SACRAMENTO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>95825</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief Operating Officer</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2018-01-19</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>F</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1088</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>91.83</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>70091.50</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2018-01-22</value>
            </transactionDate>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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                <transactionShares>
                    <value>2804</value>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>91.63</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>67287.50</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F5"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F6"/>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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    <derivativeTable></derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The shares were withheld for payment of taxes with respect to vesting of 2,865 shares on January 19, 2018, upon the Company achieving a three-year Total Stockholder Return (TSR) as determined by ISS calculations that is greater than the median TSR achieved by the Company's ISS peer group for the three-year period ending December 31, 2017.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Represents the closing price of the Issuer's common stock on January 19, 2018.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The sale was made pursuant to Reporting Person's Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plan that was established on December 13, 2017.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Represents the actual selling price for all 2,804 shares.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">The shares vest as follows: (i) 16,033 shares shall vest in one-third increments over three years, on each of March 1, 2018, March 1, 2019, and March 1, 2020; (ii) 5,154 shares shall vest based on the Company's 2017 after tax profit margin; (iii) 5,154 shares shall vest based on the Company's 2018 after tax profit margin; (iv) 5,154 shares shall vest based upon the Company's 2017 STARS ratings; (v) 7,731 shares shall vest upon the Company's achievement of certain business development targets; (vi) 10,309 shares shall vest in two increments on each of March 7, 2018 and March 7, 2019; continued</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">(vii) 2,865 shares shall vest based on the Company's 2017 annual premium revenue achievement; (viii) 2,865 shares shall vest based on the Company's 2017 net profit margin achievement; (ix) 2,865 shares shall vest based on pre-tax income in fiscal year 2017; (x) 2,866 shares shall vest on April 1, 2018; the remainder of the shares are vested.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Jeff D. Barlow, by power of attorney for Terry Bayer</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-01-23</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>bayer.txt
<DESCRIPTION>LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
<TEXT>
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SECTION 16(a) FILINGS


Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints Jeff D. Barlow and Codruta Catanescu, and each acting
singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

1)  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer, director and/or stockholder of Molina
Healthcare, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms ID, 3, 4, and 5 and amendments
thereto in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder; and

2)  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
execute any such Forms ID, 3, 4, or 5 or amendment thereto and timely file
such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "SEC") and any stock exchange or similar authority.


The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of
the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present,
with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934.

The undersigned hereby revokes the Limited Power of Attorney
granted to Jeff D. Barlow and Mark L. Andrews on October 8, 2004.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms ID, 3, 4, and 5 with
respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transaction in securities
of the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.  This Power of
Attorney may be filed with the SEC as a confirming statement of the
authority granted herein.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 16th day of February, 2011.



/s/ Terry Bayer
Signature

Terry Bayer
Printed Name


Exhibit 24.1
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